The Federal Maritime Commission met today in both open and closed sessions to receive the final report of the detention and demurrage investigation, to amend regulations governing Ocean Transportation Intermediaries, to consider monitoring requirements for the marine terminal agreement governing PierPass, and to receive an update on alliance agreements. During…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade: CBP’s Rule addressing the Technical Corrections to the Vessel Repair Unit and Notices of Accreditation and Approval of Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; November 28th Bulletin providing three Final and Proposed Ruling Letter Modifications / Revocations and…

Members have been inquiring regarding actions that may be taken regarding the current U.S. Tariff Actions. Below are the remaining Deadlines and timelines. China 301 (List 1 – ): October 9, 2018 Deadline for product-specific requests for exclusion – For covered products, please click here for the Federal Register Notice….

Gemini shippers group joined numerous associations in the following letter to the and the Senate Commerce Committee to support Peter Feldman to be a Commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). His nomination was subsequently sent to the full Senate on a 14-13 vote. LtrCoalitionCPSC_Senate_2018-06-27_FINAL

Members, Today the USTR announced their list of items (50 billion dollars worth of exports from China to the US) that will be subject to tariffs. A notice of the items can be found here: 2018 Tariff list (It starts on page 11) A list with descriptions can be found…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: APHIS’ Rule regarding the Importation of Orchids in Growing Media from Taiwan; CPSC’s Rule and concerning the Acceptance of Third Party Laboratories: Revision to the Notice of Requirements for Prohibitions of Children’s Toys…